Berkeley

She left a will on 10 Feb 1685/86; proved 24 Jan 1686/87.

Col. George Reade was born on 25 Oct 1608 at Linkenholt Manor, Hampshire, England. He immigrated circa 1637 to

Berkeley Plantation, one of the first great estates in America, comprises about 1,000 acres (400 ha) on the banks of the Virginia. He was Acting Governor between 1638 and 1639 at Virginia. He was a member of the House of Burgesses in 1649 at on in . Berkeley Plantation was originally called and named after the Berkeley Company of England. built on the estate Virginia. He was a member of Council from 1657 to 1671 at Virginia. He left a will on 29 Sep 1670; proved 21 Nov 1671. He died what is believed to be the oldest three-story brick mansion in and is the ancestral home to two : , his grandson, and his in Oct 1674 at Virginia. He was buried at Yorktown, VA. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

great-great-grandson. Among the many American “firsts” that occurred at Berkeley Plantation are:

The first official : 4 December 1619

Mildred Reade (b. 02 Oct 1643, d. 20 Oct 1686)

The first : 1621, by George Thorpe, an Episcopal priest.

First time Army bugle call “” played: July 1862, by bugler ; the melody was written at Harrison’s Landing, the

Mildred Reade (daughter of and ) was born 02 Oct 1643 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 20 Oct 1686 in plantation’s old wharf, by Norton and then General .–

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1665 in York, Virginia, USA, son of and .

More About Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner:

Maurice

Marriage: 1665, York, Virginia, USA.

Born 1602 in England

Children of Mildred Reade and Augustine Warner are:

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

i.

,b. 24 Nov 1672, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, d. 05 Feb 1720, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

[sibling(s) unknown]

ii.

Husband of — married 1638 in …England

Father of

Died 1623 in Virginia, USA

Elizabeth Warner (b. 24 Nov 1672, d. 05 Feb 1720)

Edward

Elizabeth Warner (daughter of and ) was born 24 Nov 1672 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, and died 05 Feb 1720 in Born 1571 in England

Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA. She married on 1685 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA, son of and .

Son of and

More About Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis:

[sibling(s) unknown]

[spouse(s) unknown]

Marriage: 1685, Warner Hall, Gloucester, Virginia, USA.

Father of

Children of Elizabeth Warner and John Lewis are:

Died 1622 in Yorktown,, Virginia, USA

i.

, b. 1710, ,,, Ireland, d. 01 Jan 1764.

Jane formerly

Col. John Lewis IV

Born about 1593 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

b: 30 November 1669 in New Kent

Daughter of and [mother unknown]

Co., VA d: 14 November 1725 in Gloucester Co., VA at

[sibling(s) unknown]

Warner Hall.

Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Elizabeth Warner md. 1685 in Gloucester Co., VA b: 24

Mother of ,, , and

November 1672 in Cheske, Gloucester Co., VA d/o

Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade.

Capt. Nicholas

6 i. Col. John Lewis V b: February 1686/87 in New kent

Born April 2, 1591 in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France

Co., VA

Son of and

Priscilla Churchill md. bet. 1706-1717 b: bet. 1685-

[sibling(s) unknown]

1713

Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Francis Fielding md. 1718 b: bet. 1694-1704 in

Father of ,, , and

Gloucester Co., VA d/o Henry Fielding and

Died about April 16, 1657 in Yorktown, York, Virginia, United States

Lane Howell

7 i. Elizabeth Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

Elizabeth Martiau

7 ii Mary Lewis b: bet. 1718-1731

(Nicolas1); b. by 12 Dec 1625 at Elizabeth City,

7 iii. Col. Warner Lewis b: 10 October 1720 in Warner

VA; m. Col. George , son of Robert Reade and Mildred Windebank,

1641 at York; d. 1686; bur. at Yorktown, VA.

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